Baby-holder.



R. PECK.

BABY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILE'D MAR. H. 1916.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

RUTH PECK, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BABY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed March ll, 1916. Serial No. 83,495.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RU'rIr PEUK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby-llolders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple, cheap and highly efficient laundriable device. adapted for use to securely hold a baby in a chair.

To such ends, the invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The device is made from flexible material, and preferably, made from heavy muslin or similar washable fabric. In its preferred form, it is approximately rectangular and adapted to be laid out flat and readily' ironed, and at its four corners, it is provided with fastening devices, such as tie cords or ribbons. It is formed with two elongated openings. or leg passages that extend from points close to one edge to points approximately at the longitudinal center of the sheet or body of the holder.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View showing the holder laid out flat and in condition to be ironed; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the holder applied to a high chair, the latter being indicated by dotted lines.

The body or sheet 1 of the holder, as stated, is preferably of muslin or similar material, and it is provided at its four corners with tie cords or ribbons 2 arranged in pairs, and it is formed with the leg passages 3 extended, as stated. Preferably the edges of the sheet 1 are reinforced by the binding tape 4 stitched thereto, and the edges of the leg passages 3 are likewise reinforced by binding tapes 5. Furthermore, the front edge of the sheet 1 is preferably also further reinforced by a wide flexible reinforcmg strip 6 stitched thereto and across the outer extremities of the leg passages 3.

VYhen the device is to be applied to a chair, its unperforated portion is placed fiatwise upon the seat of the chair and its other half portion in which the leg passages 3 are formed, is turned upward, approximately as shown in Fig. 2. By means of the tie cords 2 which may be tied around the back slats or other parts of the chair, as shown, the device will be securely held in position. The holder may be first applied to the chair, as shown in Fig. 2, and the child, thereafter placed therein and his legs put through the passages 3, or the legs of the child may be first passed through the holder and then the holder and child together, placed in the chair and the holder tied to the chair. When a child is held by the device applied as shown in Fig. 2, he will have great freedom of movement, but, nevertheless, cannot possibly jump or work its way out of the chair.-

As the device may be easily laundried, it may be kept clean and in a sanitary condition, and furthermore, its construction is such that it may be manufactured at small cost.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. A baby holder constructed from a sheet of flexible material, the body thereof having large passages extending from points near one end thereof, back to the intermediate portion of said sheet, a part at the rear of said large passages affording a seat, and the said sheet, at its corners, having devices adapting it to be securely anchored to a chair.

2. A baby holder constructed from flexible material, the body thereof having an approximately rectangular form with leg passages extended from points near one end thereof to points near the center, the unperforated portion serving as a seat, and tie cords applied to the four corners of the said sheet.

3. A baby holder constructed from flexible material, the body thereof havin an approximately rectangular form with eg passages extended from points near one end thereof to points near the center, the unperforated portion serving as a seat, and tie cords applied to the four corners of the said sheet, the edges of the said sheet being reinforced by a tape stitched thereto, the said leg passages being likewise reinforced, and the said sheet having an addltional reinforcing strip extended across one end thereof' and across the outer extremity of said leg passages.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUTH PEGK. 

